LeBron Tracker: LeBron James has landed in Los Angeles on free agency eve, no meeting with Cavaliers set

With the NBA Finals and NBA draft behind us, all attention now shifts to the start of free agency on July 1 — and, more specifically, to the free agency of LeBron James. The best basketball player on the planet has the right to hit the unrestricted market once again, and as was the case in 2010 and 2014, the entire basketball-watching world will be waiting on his next move. So, while we’re waiting, here’s the latest in LeBron-related news and notes:

DeMarcus Cousins sounds like an increasingly likely target for the Lakers on a short-term max contract now that it appears Los Angeles will lose out on Paul George, per league sources. In January 2017, LeBron James called Cousins "the best big man in our game."

Sound the alarms: LeBron James has landed in Los Angeles

Friday morning, Brian Windhorst reported the James was in the “Decision Cave” in the Caribbean with his closest advisors:

He’s planning on having a meeting with his closest advisors and friends. I believe, you know, he’s still in the Caribbean, and I believe that his firends have come there and they’re gonna huddle there. They have what they call “The Decision Cave.”

His agent Rich Paul is in Los Angeles, he’s got other free agents that he’s got to deal with, but his closest friends will get together in the Decision Cave.

Of course, it’s not an actual “cave,” as Windhorst humorously clarified later Friday. But it did reveal where James was, and that allowed people to begin speculating where his next trip would take him thanks to flight-tracking technology.

It’s important to remember that James owns multiple homes in Los Angeles and has spent past offseasons in the City of Angels. Of course, there’s a chance that Los Angeles is soon to become his in-season home, too. Get the speculation going!

Las Vegas took notice of the landing, too

Shortly after James landed in Los Angeles, MyBookie.ag Sportsbook & Casino now has the Lakers as -5000 favorites to sign the three-time NBA champion.

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James’ camp and the Cavs’ front office has been in regular dialogue since the season ended, sources said, and James’ agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, informed the Cavs on Friday morning that the four-time MVP would not be opting in to the final year of his contract with Cleveland worth $35.6 million.

Paul, who represents several other players entering into free agency —Kentavious Caldwell-PopeandNerlens Noelamong them — will conduct all his business over the phone when free agency begins, sources told ESPN.

Fear not, though, Cavaliers fans. McMenamin also reported that, while there is no meeting planned for the opening of free agency, it remains unclear if there is meeting down the line.

The Cavaliers can offer James more money than anyone.

Cleveland can offer James more money than the other two teams that are currently believed to be the frontrunners for James’ services: the Lakers and the 76ers.